Fire Effects on Soils and Restoration Strategies
Artemi Cerdà: Departament de Geografia, Universitat de Valéncia, Spain
Peter R. Robichaud: USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Moscow, Idaho, USA
ISBN 978-1-57808-526-2/ May 2009/ 605 pages, hc; US $ 129.50      Buy Now

About the Book
This book has been published a decade after Fire’s Effects on Ecosystems by DeBano, Neary, and Folliott (1998), and builds on their foundation to update knowledge on natural post-fire processes and describe the use and effectiveness of various restoration strategies that may be applied when human intervention is warranted. The chapters in this book, written by leading scientists, have been compiled to provide relevant and accessible information to students, land managers, and policy-makers as well as other scientists.

Contents

• Forest Fire in the Fossil Record: Andrew C. Scott

Section I: Fire Effects on Soil

• Forest Fire Effects on Geomorphic Processes: J.A. Moody and D.A. Martin
• Fire Effects on Soil Infiltration: Artemi Cerdà and Peter R. Robichaud
• Physical and Chemical Effects of Fire on Soil: Xavier Úbeda and Luís R. Outeiro
• Forest Fire Effects on Soil Microbiology: Jorge Mataix-Solera, César Guerrero, Fuensanta García-Orenes, Gema M. Bárcenas and M. Pilar Torres
• Soil Erosion after Forest Fire: David F. Scott, Michael P. Curran, Peter R. Robichaud and Joseph W. Wagenbrenner
• Soil Water Repellency: A Key Factor in Post-fire Erosion: Stefan H. Doerr, Richard A. Shakesby and Lee H. MacDonald
• Effects of Fire on Forest Nutrient Cycles: R. John Raison, P.K. Khanna, Kris L.S. Jacobsen, Joan Romanya and Isabel Serrasolses
• The Effect of Forest Fire on Vegetation: Francisco Lloret and Paul H. Zedler

Section II: Rehabilitation and Restoration Strategies

• Post-fire Stabilization and Rehabilitation: Peter R. Robichaud
• Non-native and Native Seeding: Jan L. Beyers
• Using Erosion Barriers for Post-fire Stabilization: Peter R. Robichaud
• Post-fire Mulching: Susana Bautista, Peter R. Robichaud and Carme Bladé
• Long-term Restoration Strategies and Techniques: V.R. Vallejo, I. Serrasolses, J.A. Alloza, M.J. Baeza, C. Bladé, E. Chirino, B. Duguy, D. Fuentes, J.G. Pausas, A. Valdecantos and A. Vilagrosa

Section III: Regional Strategies

• The Portuguese Experience in Managing Fire Effects: António J.D. Ferreira, Joaquim Sande Silva, Celeste Coelho, Anne-Karine Boulet and Jan Jacob Keizer
• Effects of Forest Fires and Post-fire Rehabilitation: A Colorado Case Study: Lee H. MacDonald and Isaac J. Larsen
• Fire Landscape in Canada: How to Restore or Prevent Them: Michael P. Curran and David F. Scott
• Fire, Catchment Runoff and Erosion Processes, and Post-fire Rehabilitation Programs: Recent Australian Experience: David Dunkerley, Natalie Martin, Shaun Berg and Rob Ferguson
• Rehabilitation Strategies after Fire: The California Experience: Peter M. Wohlgemuth, Jan L. Beyers and Ken R. Hubbert
• Fire Disturbance Regimes, Ecosystem Recovery and Restoration Strategies in Mediterranean and Temperate Regions of Chile: J.J. Armesto, M.A. Bustamante-Sánchez, M.F. Díaz, M.E. González, A. Holz, M. Nuñez-Avila and C. Smith-Ramírez
• Summary and Remarks: Peter R. Robichaud and Artemi Cerdà